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May 2024
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May 10 2024 This Week in Cardiology

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Inclisiran, sodium-channel blocker safety, analytic flexibility, the work-up of patients with HF, and BP in older patients are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week's podcast.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only.

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I. Inclisiran Update

  • ORION 4 https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03705234

II. Sodium-Channel AADs

  • UPenn Paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.01.021
  • Three Questions Editorial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957381
  • EAST Post-hoc Review https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae121

III. Analytic Flexibility
 

Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/red-meat-healthy-multiverse-analysis-has-lessons-beyond-meat-2024a10008qv

  • Specification Curve Analysis of Red Meat Data https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111278

IV. The Work-up of Patients With HF

  • Durstenfeld and colleagues, UCSF https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010800
  • REVIVED BCIS2 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206606

V. BP Therapy in Older Patients

  • Haring and colleagues; Women's Health  Initiative BP Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067302
  • SPRINT Trial https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1511939

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